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Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury In An Inpatient Medical-Surgical Telemetry Adult Unit By Educating And Encouraging Basic Wound Care Prior To Wound Care Consult, See Wai (Amy) Kong
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury In An Inpatient Medical-Surgical Telemetry Adult Unit By Educating And Encouraging Basic Wound Care Prior To Wound Care Consult, See Wai (Amy) Kong
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: A medical center in the Diablo Service Area had one of the highest rates in hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI), benchmarking with other facilities, with the project unit one of the top offenders. The patients and the medical center both suffered from the harm. Barriers to HAPI prevention included lack of patient turnings, skin assessment, and early standard wound care treatment.
Context: This project focused on the primary care team standardizing early wound care treatment to avoid wound progression.
Interventions: Interventions included re-educating the primary care team on early basic wound care using a standard wound care guideline created by …
Implementing A Bedside Rounding Tool To Reduce Inpatient Falls, Steven W. Garcia
Implementing A Bedside Rounding Tool To Reduce Inpatient Falls, Steven W. Garcia
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: Each year, thousands of patients sustain falls while hospitalized, resulting in an increase in serious injuries or death. In a Neuroscience Step Down Unit (NSDU), fall rates in 2022 were higher than the NDNQI benchmark. Despite a thorough fall prevention policy, nurses inconsistently implemented preventative interventions, resulting in increased falls.
Context: The NSDU is a 15-bed inpatient unit providing intermediate-level care for patients with neurological and neurosurgical diagnoses. The unit is part of a 459-bed academic medical center and safety net hospital providing tertiary and quaternary care in southern California.
Interventions: A bedside safety rounds checklist for charge nurses …